The Empress Arrives: Rebirth of Concubine Hua

Chapter 101 Deep love between husband and wife
Yinli glanced at the maid beside Nian Shilan for a moment longer, and Xiao Linzi was watching closely from the side.

Yinli thought to himself, how strange! This was the first time he had come to Fourth Brother's residence since he could remember, but why did he seem to have seen this maid somewhere before?

Nian Shilan changed into a light riding outfit, but she had no tight clothes, so she had to make do with wearing the riding outfit and playing shuttlecock.

“Sister Lan, Sister Lan! Kick it over here! Kick it over here!”

Yinli was just a child after all, and with Nian Shilan playing shuttlecock with him, he soon forgot about what had just happened.

Nian Shilan kicked the shuttlecock with great agility. She jumped up and kicked the shuttlecock towards Yinli with force.

Yinli had short calves, so he could barely catch the shuttlecock, then he stretched out his toes and kicked it out again.

Nian Shilan watched the shuttlecock flying towards her, and with a reverse move, she turned the sole of her foot upward from behind and caught it steadily.

Yinli clapped his hands and cheered.

"Sister Lan is so amazing!"

The two, one big and one small, were having a lot of fun playing with each other.

Yinzhen was surprised when he heard from Su Peisheng that Nian Shilan had changed her clothes and was playing shuttlecock with Yinli in the garden.

After putting away the things in his hand, Yinzhen strolled into the garden.

As soon as Yinzhen walked into the garden, Nian Shilan saw him out of the corner of her eye.

Nian Shilan was in a playful mood and the shuttlecock that she was going to kick at Yinli changed direction with a beautiful solo kick and went straight to Yinzhen's face.

Yinli watched the shuttlecock change direction and cried out in panic.

Yinzhen put his hands behind his back, without even taking his hands out, and took a step back to avoid the shuttlecock that was hitting him in the face. He caught the shuttlecock with his knees, turned in the air, and kicked the shuttlecock to Nian Shilan.

Seeing Nian Shilan catching the shuttlecock steadily with her toes stretched out, Yinzhen laughed.

"You are so naughty that you have learned how to plot against me."

Nian Shilan casually kicked the shuttlecock into Xiao Linzi's arms, and trotted towards Yinzhen with a giggle.

"Master, please forgive me. I was so nervous when I saw you that I kicked in the wrong direction."

As he said this, he winked at Yinli in the other direction.

"Seventeen, don't you think?"

Yinli nodded repeatedly.

"Yes, yes, Fourth Brother, Sister Lan didn't mean it. She must have seen that you were too nervous."

Yinzhen was amused. In front of him, Nian Shilan gave Yinli a look, thinking he was blind? But at this moment, he was happy to be the blind man.

"What kind of magic potion did you give Yinli? He has only seen you for half a day, and he speaks for you. I, the fourth brother, have watched him grow up for eight years, and he has never spoken for me."

Nian Shilan laughed out loud when she heard Yinzhen's jealous tone, and without caring that Yinli was present, she reached out and covered Yinzhen's mouth with her hand.

"Master, please stop talking. You have watched Seventeen grow up, but how many times have you played with him? Children like to be lively, and it would be strange if they like you so much if you keep a stern face every day!"

Yinzhen gently brushed away Nian Shilan's hand with one hand and patted her back with the other.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault for not playing with Yinli before. So today I will play with you guys."

Nian Shilan looked at Yinli with a smile.

"Why don't you thank your fourth brother quickly?!"

Yinli looked at his fourth brother and Sister Lan like this, and smiled secretly with his hands covering his mouth.

"Fourth brother, you listen to Sister Lan. Is this the deep love between husband and wife mentioned in the books?"

Nian Shilan took the shuttlecock from Xiao Linzi's hand, kicked it a few times casually, and spoke as he kicked.

"Seventeen, don't talk nonsense. Husband and wife can only refer to your fourth brother and his wife. Sister Lan is a concubine, so she doesn't deserve this word."

Yinli shook his little head and looked around.

"But I just think that Sister Lan is the one who deserves Fourth Brother."

Nian Shilan smiled and said nothing more.

Yinzhen touched Yinli's head.

"You are still young. You will understand when you get married in the future."

Lunch was prepared by Su Peisheng in the pavilion in the center of the garden according to Yinzhen's instructions. The weather in October was already a bit chilly. Nian Shilan hadn't played shuttlecock for a long time. Today, she sweated a lot. Her delicate face was flushed, and there were a few drops of sweat on the tip of her nose.

Songzhi had asked Hanlu to get a cloak from Cheng'en Garden long ago, and put it on Nian Shilan when she washed her hands and sat down to eat.

After Hanlu handed the cloak to Songzhi, she said that there were still some tasks in Cheng'en Garden that needed her attention, so she changed Mangzhong and rushed to the garden to serve.

The little boy Yinli was tired and hot from playing, and he stubbornly refused to put on more clothes. The palace servants who followed him looked at Yinzhen fearfully, hoping that he could persuade the little prince to put on more clothes.

Yinzhen looked at Yinli and said.

"Yinli, put on some clothes before you sit down to eat."

Yinli looked at his fourth brother, who was like a little adult again. He sighed helplessly and stretched out his arms to let the palace servants add clothes for him.

Ulanara heard from Jiang Fuhai that the master and the concubine were playing with the Seventeenth Prince in the garden and had set up lunch in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Ulanara, who was having lunch alone, paused for a moment.

"Then tell the kitchen to add a few snacks that children like to eat and send them over after lunch. Also, make a pot of milk tea. I think Old Seventeen will like it."

"Yes, I will do it right away."

Jiang Fuhai took the order and went to set up the kitchen, while Qiu Mei stood by the table and served food to Ulanara.

Ulanara picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and slowly put it into her mouth, chewing it. Her movements were extremely graceful, but her face was expressionless.

She was recalling the words "deep love between husband and wife" that Jiang Fuhai had said.

Oh, she had underestimated the enemy before. She didn't know how this Nian family had won the master's heart and made him tacitly agree to such words as the couple's deep love.

If he and Nian were a couple, then what was she, the wife, like? And where did that put her sister?

As early as when Nian Gengyao was first rewarded for his military achievements, Yinzhen accompanied Nian Shilan back to the Nian Mansion to present gifts. He addressed Nian Shilan's mother as "Mother-in-law". At that time, Ulanara heard it and thought that Yinzhen was just taking care of Nian Shilan's face because of his new feelings for her.

Now it seems that the two of them are actually sincere.

Ulanara then thought, Yinzhen suddenly gave Nian Shilan the power of assistant, but was he trying to win over Nian Gengyao?

However, news came from Ulanara's maternal family that Nian Gengyao was a general under her father Fei Yanggu, and he was often seen disagreeing with Yinzhen in the court, and he often complained to others about Yinzhen's leniency towards the enemies on the border.

The food in Ulanara's mouth tasted like chewing wax, so she simply put down her chopsticks, saying that she was full and asked Qiumei to share the food.

When Hu Gege heard that Yinzhen was having lunch in the garden, she hurriedly dressed up and seemed to break into the garden unintentionally.

Su Peisheng's heart skipped a beat. He had already sent people to inform all the courtyards that the master was entertaining guests in the garden, and because there were men from outside the courtyard, the women in each courtyard had to regulate their words and actions.

But Princess Hu rushed in dressed in red and green, and the eunuch at the door almost couldn't stop her.

Su Peisheng was serving his masters their meal when he heard voices coming from the direction of the garden gate. He looked in the direction of the voices and saw it was Hu Gege. He quickly trotted to the hanging flower gate connecting the backyard and the garden.

"I pay my respects to the princess. The master and his concubine are having dinner in the garden. There are guests here today. Please do not enter without permission."

Hu Gege bit her lip, feeling it was really embarrassing to be stopped outside the door, and raised her voice.

"I want to pay my respects to the master. Are you going to stop me, Eunuch Su?"

Su Peisheng had no choice but to persuade him with kind words.

"Please forgive me, my lord. It's not that I don't want you to see my master, but it's just that we have guests today and it's not appropriate."

Hu Gege looked towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake from afar, and her voice did not decrease.

"I'll go in and pay my respects to the master and then leave. Please pass the message on, eunuch."

Su Peisheng was having a headache about how to persuade Hu Gege, but he couldn't force her away.

"Su Peisheng!"

Yinzhen's voice came from afar.

"The slave is here!"

Su Peisheng quickly turned around and ran towards the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

"Who is at the garden gate? Didn't I tell you not to let anyone in the backyard move around without permission?"

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